How to Decorate a Teen Bookshelf
A bookshelf is designed for the storage of books of multiple sizes and can also serve as an effective storage space for other media materials, like movies and music. If your teen's room has a bookshelf that isn't being used for books, you can decorate a teen bookshelf with a variety of other items. Even if you do have books to use, some strategic personal items can help showcase your teen's personality. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Stencils
- Wallpaper, fabric or wrapping paper
- Glue
- Books
- Sports collectibles
- School items
- Cameras, pens and other commonly used items
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Paint the bookshelf, if the shelf is plain wood. Let your teen select the color and use stencils to create designs on the outside of the bookcase. Alternately, Real Simple recommends decorating the interior walls of the bookshelf by painting, applying wallpaper, fabric or even wrapping paper.
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Place the books that you do want on the shelves sporadically on different shelves. Stand some books up and lay some books down for a haphazard appearance.
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Select a theme for each shelf. Use books in certain subjects and outfit the rest of the shelf with other items to fill in the theme. For instance, if your teen is interested in sports, place the sports books on one shelf and place collectibles, like baseballs or sports cards on stands next to the sports book collection.
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Decorate with items from your teen's school experience. Place yearbooks, trophies, awards and framed photos of school friends on one shelf or use throughout the overall design.
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Leave space for items that your teen uses regularly, such as his or her camera, cell phone, keys and other important items on easy-to-reach shelves. This gives your teen a spot to keep everything organized and makes items easy to grab on the way out of the room.
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